Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6493091790

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!

About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks:Dartmoor Site: Cosdon Hill Triple Stone RowOS Map:SX 64317 91600NMR record:SX 69 SW 17HER record:6886Megalithic Portal:1858The Stone Rows of GB:CosdonPMD:Cosdon Stone RowShortName: SR:CosdonButler map: 40.6DPD page: 152Notes: "A triple stone row lies near the summit of Cosdon Hill and is 447 feet in length measured from the centre of the circled cairn which stands at the west end. At 225 feet from the west end there is a slight change in direction and the rows turn somewhat northward. This change of direction may be said to divide the row into western and an eastern section. Overall width, western part is 8 feet 10 inches, eastern part 10 feet 8 inches. The cairn is 26 feet in diameter and contains the remains of two cists; the retaining circle is very irregular. There is no formal feature to mark the termination of the rows at their eastern end"Nearby sites:SX64329160Distance: 0.64km

OS Map:SX 63382 92474NMR record:SX 69 SW 105HER record:13064Megalithic Portal:22695Alternate name: Cosdon Hill N.4 Encircled CairnShortName: EC:Cosdon N4Butler map: 40.9Grinsell: ST 10Notes: Cairn at the junction of two Bronze Age reaves. "Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, measuring 7.3 metres in diameter and standing up to 0.8 metres high. A number of edge set stones visible around the southern side of the cairn mound suggests the existence of a kerb. There is a hollow in the north side of the mound, probably the result of partial robbing or an early excavation."Nearby sites:SX63389247Distance: 1.69km

OS Map:SX 65014 93606NMR record:SX 69 SE 26HER record:13065Megalithic Portal:8401PMD:Oxenham ArmsShortName: SS:OxenhamArmsNotes: "The Oxenham Arms, now an inn, is the former manor house and home of the Burgoyne family. A courtyard plan house, it was originally a two-room-and-through passage plan. An interesting feature is an enormous upright slab of granite built into the inner wall of the rear parlour. This looks very much like a prehistoric standing stone and it seems that the house was built around it". See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Oxenham Arms MenhirNearby sites:SX65019361Distance: 1.82km